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JoeyPinkney.com Author Interview Series (June, Week 1)

YOU need to check out these interesting author interviews that YOU missed. There was a new author featured in the JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Author Interview Series Monday through Friday of the first week of June just for YOU.

Monday, May 31, 2010: 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Jonathan Queen, author of Are You S.A.N.E.

From the interview: "I was often told that my words, my inspirational testimony needed to be written down. Are You S.A.N.E. is a result of my promise to share the things I have learned and to teach others how they too, can set a new example."

Tuesday, June 1, 2010: 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Booker T. Mattison, author of Unsigned Hype

From the interview: "As a former rapper, producer and DJ, this story flowed out of my experience as an African-American male and a former wayward youth. As a result of my experiences, I have developed a heart for the hood in general, but specifically for young African-American males."

Wednesday, June 2, 2010: 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... DeiIra Smith-Collard, author of Secrets, Sins and Shameful Lies

From the interview: "Working in a call center is quite the experience. If you ask anyone who’s ever done the job, they will surely say it’s a whole new world. I took in the countless rumors and drama that seemed to take place on a daily basis. I thought it would be a great setting for all the antics of both Love Lust & a Whole Lotta Distrust and Secrets Sins and Shameful Lies. While sitting at my desk taking in my surroundings, Synergy Wireless was born."

Thursday, Jun 3, 2010: 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Dwayne S. Joseph, author of If It Isn't Love

From the interview: "In my trying to come up with something different from some of the other books I’d done, I realized I hadn’t really delved into doing a struggle dealing with family. As a result, I came up with my main character, having just received news about a terminal illness, and posed the question, if her family were estranged, what would she want to do before she took her final breath?"

Friday, June 4, 2010: 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Gibran Tariq, author of Matchmakers

From the interview: "The fact that my characters are people of color should not present any particular difficulty to a reader who appreciates great literature. What I will confess to as a distinguishing trait of Matchmaker is the sheer lyricism of the work. It virtually pulsates with poetic attitude."